Ionization of highly charged iodine ions near the Bohr velocity

Abstract

We have measured the L-shell X-rays of iodine from the collisions of 3MeV Iq+(q=15,20,22,25,26) ions with an iron target. It is found that the X-ray yield decreases with the increasing initial charge state. The energy of the subshell X-ray has a blue shift, which is independent of the projectile charge state. In addition, the relative intensity ratios of Lβ1,3,4 and Lβ2,15 to Lα1,2 X-ray are obtained and compared with the theoretical calculations. That they are larger than for a singly ionized atom can be understood by the multiple ionization effect of the outer-shell electrons.